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Providers

Your GPUs. No open port.

Join the community provider network with an outbound-only agent. It runs no remote commands.

Request access Install the agent
compute-host
$ node compute-host.mjs inventory{ "gpus": [{ "model": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070", ... }] }# printed locally, nothing sent$ node compute-host.mjs enroll --api https://nodelodge.com --code 7KQ2-M9XH-4TPAEnrolled as host 3f0c8f5e (status: pending_approval). Key fingerprint: 9b1e04c7d2a85f36$ node compute-host.mjs run --onceHeartbeat OK (host status: approved)
Example output.

The connection

Your machine calls out. Nothing calls in.

Signed heartbeats over HTTPS, every 30 seconds. No listener, no inbound rule, no remote shell.

Provider agent: outbound only The agent on your machine connects out to Node Lodge over HTTPS. It pairs once with a one-time code, then sends a heartbeat signed with an Ed25519 key every 30 seconds. No inbound port is opened on your machine and the private key never leaves it. Node Lodge checks each signature and reviews the machine before listing it. YOUR MACHINE compute-host Key stays on your machine. NODE LODGE Signature checked Reviewed before listing Listed while online No remote commands. HTTPS · OUTBOUND ONLY 01 PAIR One-time code 02 HEARTBEAT Ed25519 signed, every 30 s INBOUND No open port
Provider agent: outbound only The agent on your machine connects out to Node Lodge over HTTPS. It pairs once with a one-time code, then sends a heartbeat signed with an Ed25519 key every 30 seconds. No inbound port is opened on your machine and the private key never leaves it. Node Lodge checks each signature and reviews the machine before listing it. YOUR MACHINE compute-host Key stays on your machine. HTTPS · OUTBOUND ONLY 01 PAIR One-time code 02 HEARTBEAT Ed25519 signed, every 30 s INBOUND No open port NODE LODGE Signature checked Reviewed before listing Listed while online No remote commands.

How it works

Four steps to the network.

Every command
  1. 01

    Preview

    See what gets reported. Nothing is sent.

  2. 02

    Pair

    One-time code. The Ed25519 key stays on your machine.

  3. 03

    Review

    Hardware checked by the platform.

  4. 04

    Online

    Signed heartbeat every 30 s. Presence shown in your console.

The agent

Small, readable, unprivileged.

Compute Host is one JavaScript file. Read it before you run it.

Requires
Node 22 or later
Runs as
A standard user. It refuses administrator or root.
Network
Outbound HTTPS to nodelodge.com. No inbound port.
Collects
CPU, memory, GPU, disk sizes. No hostname, user names, IP addresses or files.
Download
From the console, with its SHA-256.
After pairing
Reviewed by the platform.

Next.

Join the provider program.

Choose “List my own machines” in the request.

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